MQM will play major role in post-election scenario: Sattar,Business Recorder

MQM will play a major role in the post-election scenario, MQM's Deputy Convenor Dr Farooq Sattar said on Sunday. He said this while talking with media persons after meeting with a delegation of Pakistan Muslim League-Quad (PML-Q), which was led by its General Secretary, Mushahid Hussain Syed on Saturday.

Dr Sattar believed that officials of law-enforcement agencies were conducting raids in "peaceful" city areas and harassing peace-loving citizens, instead of taking action against terrorist outfits. "Search operations by law-enforcement agencies in (the city's) peaceful areas will definitely badly affect the (party's) election campaign," Dr Sattar said. Earlier, Dr Sattar highlighted good relations between the MQM and PML-Q, adding that manifestos of both parties were very similar on aspects of public interest.

PML-Q leader Mushahid Hussain Syed stressed the need for evolving a national agenda, and said that no party could individually tackle issues currently being faced by the country. "MQM is a national party...it knows how to handle pressure," he maintained.